From Mexico News Daily:
For more than 40,000 years the Beringian wolf hunted across a frozen North America. Hunting in packs, this magnificent beast was strong enough to take down horses, bison and even mammoths. As the climate warmed, however, its prey disappeared and the predator slipped into extinction. The gap the Beringian wolf’s extinction left in the continent’s ecosystem was filled by the smaller grey wolf.
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Federally protected gray wolf found dead in national park prompts investigation
From Fox 5 Atlanta:
A gray wolf has been found dead in Colorado‘s Rocky Mountain National Park, prompting an investigation into the death of this federally protected species.
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State House resolution urges end to protections for wolves
From The Daily News:
LANSING — The Michigan House has adopted a resolution urging Congress to enact legislation reinstating the U.S. Department of Interior’s prior removal of gray wolves from the endangered species list — a step towards reinstituting wolf hunts in Michigan.
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Two wolves introduced to Colorado found dead within days of each other
From Montana Outdoor:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists received a mortality alert for female gray wolf 2514-BC on April 20. The agency, in cooperation with the National Park Service, has confirmed the mortality took place in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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A long road ahead for the Mexican wolf
From Mexico News Daily:
For more than 40,000 years the Beringian wolf hunted across a frozen North America. Hunting in packs, this magnificent beast was strong enough to take down horses, bison and even mammoths. As the climate warmed, however, its prey disappeared and the predator slipped into extinction. The gap the Beringian wolf’s extinction left in the continent’s ecosystem was filled by the smaller grey wolf.
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Forget Dire Wolves. Here’s What We Really Need in the Fight Against Extinction
From Time:
News of the recovery of an extinct species in the form of howling, ivory-coated “dire wolf” pups last week was, on the face of it, understandably exciting. The only problem: from the vantage point of many scientists, the creatures are not dire wolves.
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Tucson Today Watch Now Mexican wolf numbers rise in Southern Arizona
From News 4 Tuscon:
BISBEE, Ariz. (KVOA) – The population of wild Mexican wolves in the Southwest has reached a new milestone, now totaling 286, according to a joint announcement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department, and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
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Resolution seeks return of wolf control to Michigan DNR
From SooLeader:
Rep. Parker Fairbairn has led the charge in a move that could reshape wildlife policy in the Upper Peninsula
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April wolf map shows one animal has traveled more than 1,200 miles
From The Durango Herald:
Other wolves reintroduced to Colorado have gotten close to Boulder and other Front Range cities
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CPW: Wolves moving through Colorado, some traversing over a thousand miles
From KDVR.com:
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a new wolf movement map on Thursday, showing an overarching view of where wolves are generally roaming the state.
The agency said that one female gray wolf made “significant” movements in Colorado, covering over 1,230 miles since being relocated into the Centennial State.
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Female wolf translocated from Canada dies in Rocky Mountain National Park [Colorado]
From Denver7.com:
A gray wolf has died in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said Thursday afternoon, marking the third wolf translocated from Canada to Colorado to die since their release in January.
CPW said the female wolf’s collar sent a mortality alert to biologists on April 20.
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